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Your Television Is Watching You

“The FBI will not have to bug your living room; you will do it yourself.”

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So says Michael Price of Salon.com, the nervous new owner of a “smart” TV – a web-connected telly that recognises his face, listens to his voice, and could send that information (and more, including emails he receives) to a third party.

“I do not doubt that this data is important to providing customised content and convenience, but it is also incredibly personal, constitutionally protected information that should not be for sale to advertisers and should require a warrant for law enforcement to access.”

The Daily Mail reports British IT consultant Jason Huntley found his LG smart TV had sent his children’s names, unencrypted, over the internet “because he had watched a family video on his set”.

Price explains current laws offer very little privacy protection to the “third party records”, including data stored in the cloud (although one federal court of appeals has found this rule unconstitutional with respect to email).

About Michael Snyder

Michael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years. Today, Michael is best known for his work as the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog and The Most Important News. Michael and his wife Meranda believe that a great shaking is coming, but that there will also be a great awakening in the midst of that shaking. For much more on what Michael believes, and to learn how you can become a Christian, please visit "The Most Important Thing" which is the most important page on this entire website. In addition, please visit Michael's Bookstore to see what Michael is personally recommending to his readers.

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